Joint Declaration on Signal Piracy By The World Broadcasting Unions

2013 – JOINT DECLARATION ON SIGNAL PIRACY BY THE WORLD BROADCASTING UNIONS
In September the World Broadcasting Unions signed a declaration urging WIPO-Member governments to build on their constructive engagement through the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) and request the General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO):

– to prioritise the completion and adoption of a new Broadcasters’ Treaty in 2015,

– by directing the SCCR to accelerate and finalise the work on the draft

Treaty text (SCCR 24/10 rev.),

– for submission to the 2014 General Assembly of a text suitable for convening the Diplomatic Conference in 2015